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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron);
[syn: Rhus, genus Rhus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rhus \Rhus\, n. [L., sumac, fr. Gr. ???.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Rhus n 1: deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) [syn: Rhus, genus Rhus]